Anglican Diocese of Assam
The Diocese of Assam was a diocese of the Church of England in North-East India.
The diocese was created from the Diocese of Calcutta in 1915.[1] Upon Indian independence in 1947, it became the Diocese of North India[2] in the Anglican Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon, and it is now part of the united Church of North India.
Bishops
The colonial diocese had three diocesan bishops:[3]
- 1915–1924: Herbert Pakenham-Walsh (1871–1959)
- 1924–1945: George Hubback (1882–1955)
- 1946–1948: Nirod Biswas
References
- ↑ Anglican History – A History of the Church of England in India – Chapter XXVI: The Diocese of Assam, 1915
- ↑ Spero News – India: Suffering makes the Church grow
- ↑ India Club – An Introduction to the History of the Anglican Church in North-East India – Contents, Chapter 4 Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
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